HIGH SCHOOL, SAMANTHA PTASHKIN, KPRC LOCAL 2. AND NOW A CRIME ALERT, TWO VIOLENT GAS STATION ROBBERIES CAUGHT ON CAMERA, SHOWING THREE MEN STORMING INTO THE STORES ON THE CITY'S NORTH SIDE, TERRORIZING EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS. AMANDA PEREZ LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS TONIGHT. DID EVERYBODY MAKE IT OUT OKAY? Reporter: FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES, BUT TWO CUSTOMERS WERE PISTOL-WHIPPED, INCLUDING ONE OF THEM AT THIS STORE HERE BEHIND ME, AND AT THE NEXT ROBBERY, A SHOT WAS FIRED. THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS TWO OF THE SUSPECTS, ONE THREATENING AND THEN PISTOL-WHIPPING A CUSTOMER, WHILE ANOTHER ONE DEMANDS THAT THE CLERK OPEN THE REGISTER. A THIRD SUSPECT WAS AT THE DOOR AND POLICE SAY ALL THREE OF THEM HAD GUNS. ALL OF IT HAPPENED RIGHT AS ANOTHER CLERK ARRIVED TO BEGIN HIS OVERNIGHT SHIFT. AND I SEE FOUR GUYS WITH A GUN, THEY COME INSIDE, ONE GUY, HE PULLED A GUN, TELLS ME GO AWAY. THAT'S JUST WHAT THE CLERK DID, RUNNING ACROSS THE STREET WITH TWO OTHER CUSTOMERS. POLICE SAY THE THIEVES TOOK OFF WITHOUT ANY MONEY AFTER ONE OF THEM YELLED, POLICE. ONE OF THEM, SHOWING HIS UNDERWEAR AS HE JUMPED OVER THE COUNTER. A HALF AN HOUR LATER, ANOTHER ROBBERY REPORT AT A GAS STATION NEAR AIRLINE AND SUNNYSIDE. VIDEO SHOWS A SIMILAR SITUATION, THREE ARMED MEN WITH THEIR FACES COVERED, ONE JUMPING OVER THE COUNTER WHILE TWO OTHERS TERRORIZED CUSTOMERS, TAKING ONE OF THEIR WALLETS, BUT IN THIS CASE, A SHOT WAS FIRED TOWARD THE CASHIER AS THE SUSPECTS RAN OUT OF THE STORE. THEY PROBABLY THINK THE CASHIER GOING TO DO SOMETHING, IS WHY HE FIRED. Reporter: THE CLERK, WHO WAS WORKING AT THE TIME, WAS AT HIS OTHER JOB TODAY. REACHED BY PHONE, HE SAID THAT BULLET ONLY MISSED HIM BY ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF. AND THAT CLERK SAYS THE ROBBERS GOT AWAY WITH ABOUT $250. A CUSTOMER THERE ALSO PISTOL-WHIPPED. EVERYONE NOW JUST HOPING THESE ROBBERS WILL GET CAUGHT BEFORE THEY STRIKE AGAIN. REPORTING LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS, AMANDA PEREZ, KPRC LOCAL 2. POLICE SAY THEY DO HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF A POSSIBLE SUSPECT VEHICLE IN ONE OF THESE ROBBERIES.

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